In vitro digestibility of some prey species of dolphins

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 386-393

  Sekiguchi, Keiko ^a,b   Best, Peter B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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